Improvement in velocipedes



F. J.v REINHOLID.

. VELUC'IPEDE.

N0.171,8'6Z. Patented Jan.4,187'6.

UNITED] STATES PATENT QFFIC'E.

FRANZ JOSEPH REINHOLD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN ,VELOCIPEDES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 7 1,862, dated Jannary 4, 1876; application filed November 23, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ J. REINHOLD, of Detroit, in the county ofWayne and. State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement inVelocipedes, of which the following is a specification The object of myinvention is to so construct a velocipede that the rider can sit in anoscillating chair, hung between the driving-wheels, and by lockinghimself propel the vehicle through suitable devices for transmittingpower and motion from the" chair to the Wheels; and it consists in thepeculiar construction and combination of the various parts to this end,as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section ata 00. Fig. 3 is a plan of one ratchet, its two pawl'sleeves, andconnections. Fig. 4 is a cross-section at y 3 showing the ratchet andone of its pawls in side elevation.

1n the drawing, A represents two traction wheels of large diameter, eachsecured to a short axle-arm, B, which is journaled through a curvedpendant-frame, O, the two sides of which are connected by a girt, C, onwhich is pivoted the seat of a chair, D. At the lower end of the frame Gthere is a foot-rest, E. On

the inner end of each axle-arm is keyed a ratchet, at, having a wideface, with one side of which a spring-pawl, 11, engages, which pawl ispivoted on the adjacent face or side of a grooved pulley, F, sleeved onsaid axle. There are two of these pulleys, one at each side of theratchet. To each side of the seat of the chair there is pivoted astandard, G, with a T-headed top, to which is pivoted at its angle abell-crank lever, H, having its forward end bent across the plane of thegrooved lever H the ends ot'both may be adjusted toward or away fromeach other. A cord, I, is, taken from the end of the lever H, aroundover one of the pulleys, thence to the end of the lever H.

passing underneath it, to the end the lever H. Then, by vibrating thechair and its attachments, the ratchets will be continuously rotated bytheir respective pawlsas one cord or the other is rotating forward itspawl-pulley, while its mate is being turned by its cord in the oppositedirection. By closing toward each other the outer ends of the levers H Hat one side of the seat the arc of vibration described by the saidlevers is shortened, and, consequently, so is the advance of the wheelof that side of the vehicle, whereby the rider can turn any curve hewishes. If desired, a third or trailing wheel may be pivoted by a reachto the frame-girt (3 to give the vehicle greater stability andsteadiness in motion.

What I claim as my invention is In a velocipede, substantially asdescribed, the combination of the oscillating chair, the pulleys, cords,and paws, with the ratchets on the axle-arms, whereby the latter may berotated by the rocking motion of a rider in the chair, substantially asset forth.

FRANZ J. REINHOLD.

Witnesses H. F. EBERTS, H. S. SPRAGUE.

A similar cord, 1, is taken from said lever H, around the other pulley,

